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Thu, 01/22/2009 - 12:16
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Obama to eliminate N. Korean nukes through tough, direct diplomacy: White House
By Hwang Doo-hyong
WASHINGTON, Jan. 21 (Yonhap) -- The new Barack Obama administration will get rid of North Korea's nuclear weapons programs "through tough and direct diplomacy," the White House said Wednesday.
The administration plans to "use tough diplomacy -- backed by real incentives
and real pressures -- to prevent Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons and to
eliminate fully and verifiably North Korea's nuclear weapons program," according
to a foreign policy agenda posted on the White House Web site.
The Web posting comes one day after Obama said in his swearing-in ceremony
Tuesday that "with old friends and former foes, we will work tirelessly to lessen
the nuclear threat."
The Web site also said that "Obama and (Vice President) Biden will crack down on
nuclear proliferation by strengthening the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty so
that countries like North Korea and Iran that break the rules will automatically
face strong international sanctions."
North Korea is suspected of being involved in the construction of a nuclear
facility in Syria that was destroyed by an Israeli air bombing in September.
Another thorny issue for North Korea is its alleged building of a secret
highly-enriched-uranium-based nuclear program, something that the North
vehemently denies.
Secretary of State-designate Hillary Clinton told a Senate confirmation hearing
last week that she would engage North Korea directly as well as by way of the
six-party talks over its alleged uranium program and suspected nuclear
proliferation, as well as the plutonium-producing reactor.
Clinton said the Obama administration will use "smart power," a combination of
diplomacy and military force that "requires reaching out to both friends and
adversaries, to bolster old alliances and to forge new ones."
To coincide with the launch of the Obama administration, North Korea in recent
weeks threatened to take "an all-out confrontational posture" against South Korea
because of what it called a hardline policy by South Korean President Lee Myung
Bak.
North Korea's foreign ministry has also said it will not abandon its nuclear
arsenal unless the U.S. normalizes ties and abandons what it considers a hostile
policy toward North Korea.
The latest round of six-party talks faltered last month over North Korea's
refusal to agree to a verification regime for its nuclear facilities.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 21 (Yonhap) -- The new Barack Obama administration will get rid of North Korea's nuclear weapons programs "through tough and direct diplomacy," the White House said Wednesday.
The administration plans to "use tough diplomacy -- backed by real incentives
and real pressures -- to prevent Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons and to
eliminate fully and verifiably North Korea's nuclear weapons program," according
to a foreign policy agenda posted on the White House Web site.
The Web posting comes one day after Obama said in his swearing-in ceremony
Tuesday that "with old friends and former foes, we will work tirelessly to lessen
the nuclear threat."
The Web site also said that "Obama and (Vice President) Biden will crack down on
nuclear proliferation by strengthening the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty so
that countries like North Korea and Iran that break the rules will automatically
face strong international sanctions."
North Korea is suspected of being involved in the construction of a nuclear
facility in Syria that was destroyed by an Israeli air bombing in September.
Another thorny issue for North Korea is its alleged building of a secret
highly-enriched-uranium-based nuclear program, something that the North
vehemently denies.
Secretary of State-designate Hillary Clinton told a Senate confirmation hearing
last week that she would engage North Korea directly as well as by way of the
six-party talks over its alleged uranium program and suspected nuclear
proliferation, as well as the plutonium-producing reactor.
Clinton said the Obama administration will use "smart power," a combination of
diplomacy and military force that "requires reaching out to both friends and
adversaries, to bolster old alliances and to forge new ones."
To coincide with the launch of the Obama administration, North Korea in recent
weeks threatened to take "an all-out confrontational posture" against South Korea
because of what it called a hardline policy by South Korean President Lee Myung
Bak.
North Korea's foreign ministry has also said it will not abandon its nuclear
arsenal unless the U.S. normalizes ties and abandons what it considers a hostile
policy toward North Korea.
The latest round of six-party talks faltered last month over North Korea's
refusal to agree to a verification regime for its nuclear facilities.
